George marshall



G. MARSHALL.

4 LAST.

No. 50,252." Patelnted Oo't. 3 1865.

T/Q/rzma as .snoeifiei,

inst is eoniposed of e single ceetmghnt lilniihin STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE MARSHALL, OF BROOKLYN, E. 1)., NEW YORK.

llVlPRGVEfi LAST.

Specificationfoi'ming part of Letters Patent No. 50,262, dated October 3, 1865.

To all whom it may conccl'n:

13s it known that I, Gnonen MARSHALL, of the Eestem District of the city of Brooklyn,

in the eonnty of Kings and State of New York,

I An iron lest snitahie for clinching nails in hoots end shoes and for breaking down the points of inwn-reily-projecting ege is much renewed in families, and it is very (i6SiI '&l)lfl the-tit should no as light as is consistent with QiiG-Igifili' strength. thatit-niey be used by women and young? persons.

This invention is intended to supply the shone went; anal to this entl it consists in a lest constructed of eeshiron, as hereinafter still to have 2ests-- v is,, sale, A, e Eli st, B, and a siren iheningg iii), if],

The enie A in profile 3; its enter ens-- f es to een-ibrmheerly to the'intei'ios oi the sole of a boot or shoe, and is made as thin as is consistent with proper strength.

The socket B, which is perpendicular to'the sole, and situated at the heel end thereof and on the inner side, is of elliptical form and of a width equal, or nearly so, to the width of the heel.

The strengthening-rib G is perpendicnlerto the general surface of the sole, and isarrnngeiiw centrally lcnglhwi-seof vthe letteron the some side as thesocket. It extends from the socket B to the toe of the sole in taper form, eml forms ii'riflfirgmconncction between the socket and the whole length of the, sole, bracing and stifi'ening the letter from end to end. The socket B is forthe reception of at stout wooden stock, which isdx'iven firmly thereintor When the last is to be used this stool: iS-I'BSllEtl on the floor, or an a bench or table, with the last upward, theboot or shoe is put on the last,

and; the nails or pegs are hammered ClOWDfPQlKi the outside of its sole, and thereby clinchesi.

or broken down on the inside.

Havin g thus described my invention, I chino as it new article of manufacture- A cast-iron last made with a sole, A, soclset B, and strengthening-rib O, substantially es herein desci ihed. GEGRGE MARSHALL.

'Witnesses:

J, W.,Ooo1ms, G. W. Reno. 

